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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06
Will Probably Die.

Special to the Globe.
MANDAN, Oak, June 5.-An engineer
named Albert Wertz fell off an engine a
few miles west of here this morning and
fractured his skull. He will probably
die,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06
A Morning Fire.

Henry Horack's confectionery store
on Conway street, next Chemical Engine
House No. 2. was damagsd 5000 by fire
at O'Clock this morning. Building and
contents were fully insured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06
Are They Americans?

LONDON, June 5.-Two officers, said
to have belonged to the United States
army and navy respectively, have COM
mitted suicide at Monte Carlo.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06
Murder viii Ont,

CHICAGO, June 5.-William Murray, q
saloonkeeper, was arrested last night.
charged with being one Of a gang of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06
MARINE.
Specials to the Globe.

Specials to the Globe.
DUBUQUE, To-, June 5.-Pittsburg down 1
a. m.. Josie down 8. a. m, War Eagle up 2
a. m; water four feet ten inches.
+ rWAsHBURN, Wis, June 5.-Arriyed: Citv
OF Fremont, Hancock; Jay Gould, Duluth !:
William II. Stevens, Buffalo, iron rails !:
schooner Belle Stevens, Duluth. Cleared |:
Fremont Duluth; William II. Stevens. Du.
luth; Jay Gould, Chicago, lumber Idaho ar
rived from Duluth and cleared for BuffaIo.
Weather clear and wind northeast.
AT THE $780,,
SAULT STE. MARIE Mich, June 5.-Passed
down: Continental, Magnetic, H. Fitzhugh.
James Pickard, +. e. Spinner, j. Godfrey
Shawnee,C Towner David Dows Minnesota
Massasoit, 9 a. m. Hecta, a. m: Annie
Young, 9:4O a. NJ; Robert R. Rhodes.
Georgian, II a. M; Japan, $3.50 D. m. IN:
Anna Smith, Red Wing; Republic, Grace
Holland, 8 a. M; N. X. Fafrbank, Frank
Perew, J. j. Hackett, Susan E, Peck, 10: 30
a. M; ii. ID. Coffinberry. H. r. Newcomb
Manhattan, II: 40 p. m.; Vanderbilt II I'D
p. M; Escanaba, with Thomas i. Parker. 6;
p. m.; wind east, light and clear.
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS. -
Havre-La Bourgogne from New York.
New Yorh-Ethiopia from Glasgow. Alaska
from Liverpool and Normandie from Hayre
Delaware Breakwater-British Princess
from Liverpool TO PhiladelpbiR.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
Something About Bats.

1t is difficult to lay down fixed rules for
the diet of bats, as, while some eat In
sects, they have been seen 10 neglect this
food, as it were, and attack their own kind
or weaker species. Mr.. Fraser, q natural
list, who travelled extensively in Ecuador,
describes one that went fishing, diving
down to the surface of the water and pick
ing up small crustaceans which were
swimming near the surface. This bat,
according to the same authority, is very
affectionate. Referring to two kept as
pets, he says: "They were social, though
both were males, usually hanging side by
side. Sometimes they brought their faces
together and licked each others open
mouths in a most singular manner"
One Of the most hideous of California
bats is the American nose lie; ed bat. It
has enormous ears and aiabolical face,
and is believed by the average Mexican to
be n vampire of the worst kind and to at
tack men and horses Unfortunately;
but, like other stories, it is difficult to
prove, the bat living upon insects as a
rule. The story of the vampire has been
denied and affirmed so many times that
much confusion exists regarding it, and
in Mexico a large number Of bats are
termed vampires without reason.-Pasa-
dena Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
Fancy Umbrella Covers.

Every woman will say that an umbrella
cover is a ''horrid nuisance" if she says
anything about it, and she is very likely
to. Yet it is all but necessity. None
but an expert can roll an umbrella so that
it looks neat without cover, and a silk
umbrella proves q very frail thing indeed
unless it is kept encased. On the other
hand, when occasion arises to raise the
umbrella, what to do with the cover is a
very pulling question to lady. A man
can stuff it in his pocket, but dressmakers
don't allow pockets nowadays. 1t must
be carried some way, and so necessity in
this case has proved to be the mother Of a
fashion as well as of invention. When
the Fifth avenue girls put up their UNI
brellas they tie the covers in pretty bows
about the handles, and thus easily dis
pense with the nuisance. TO carry an
umbrella without a knot is all dead wrong
just now. The fashion has led to the
adoption of gayly colored covers, even
with plain black umbrellas. New York
Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
The Grantlest Eolian Harm.

The grandest iEolian harp in all the
world is that composed of the suspender
ropes of the Brooklyn bridge. Have you
ever stood on either platform at the tow
ers, and isteped to the grand wild music
they give out when the wind, sweeping
from the north and west with the fierce
ness and force of blizzard, strikes them:
The notes are by no means thin, nor are
they modulated to the diatonic state.
They are, nevertheless, grand, awe in
spring, and musical. They are all of
the basso profund order-hoarse, solemn,
deep. But if the ear be not dulled by the
voices of the suspender ropes, nor Of the
mighty cables, it can detect, coming from
the telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires beneath, trebles that are in
consonance with the great organ like
sounds of the entire structure 1t is worth
visit to the platforms, even in a storm,
to listen 10 the grandeur Of the weird
music that comes from the harp like cords
of the bridge.-Brooklyn Standard Union.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
To have tact is TO be born with experience
It'd Bits.
The Mysteries of q Restaurant.

The Mysteries of y Restaurant.
Here is what Edward HarTigan says that
he heard, while sitting Ave minutes in Q
Bieecker street restaurant recently:
STACK Of whitesin
Hall minute later plate Of buckwheas
cakes were placed before customer
sBoil de Micks wild de jackets on!7
Out Of q small wicket window came plate
Of unpeeled potatoes
@Try a fop an have it bloody
That meant rare beetsteak.
aBrass band widout de leader. four steus
and draw one in de Garkf'
Out of the wicket window came a plase Of
unpeeled potatoes
Try Cop an have # hlocdY,n
That meant rare beefsteak.
Brass band widout de leader. four steps
and draw one il de dark
Out Of the wicket window came q plate Of
baked beans, four slices Of bread and CUP OF
blsck coffee. A small, tough young man.
covered over with a mantle Of well SEARCHED
linen, staggered up to the little wicket ard
yelled at the top of his lungs
Boil tree cacklers two and roll out tree
sepfT'
Three eggs with as many slices Of bread
were handed eat Another waiter beloved
cut:
"a mysterious stranger AID one pale
Chinamaa.n
He desired plate OF bash and cup Of ses-
New York SIM
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
The Landlord Vas Taken In.


1t appears that in this versatile city of
Paris the old farce of 'sThe Bitter Btu is
still frequently enacted. This is the latest
representation that / have seen recorded.
Not long ago the proprietor Of fur
nished hotel-where rooms only are let
noticed the strange proceedings of one Of
his dodgers The latter remained all day
in his room. and, according to the SER
wants, spent his time bending over a cop
per plate, which he seemed to be engrav-
ing. The landlord watched and surprised
him Before the engraver was placed
fifty franc note, which he seemed to be
copying. Near by another note was lying.
1t was damp and appeared TO have been
recently printed.
"What are you about, wretchs'' cried
the landlord, and, while the surprised
forger was tremblingly pleading his pow
erty as an excuse for the crime, he exam
fned the wet note and compared it with
the model.
why they are splendidly done" he
went on, in genuine surprise, and sud
den thought took possession Of his brain
cupidity mastered him.
why, you unhappy man, do you, with
your ability, content yourself with imi-
tating bank notes of SO small q denomina
ton as fifty francs:'
Because l have no larger ones to serve
as models. Ali if ] only had a 1000
franc onei"
'sI'll get one for you" replied the ava
ricious landlord.
The lodger laughed in his sleeve, and
soon after the accommodating master of
the house had laid the model ! ZOO franc
note on the shelf the supposed skilled
workman was suddenly called out on
convenient errand to purchase chemicals
and another copper plate. Needless to
add that he has not yet returned, and,
strange to say, neither the two fifty franc
notes nor the bill of larger denomination
can anywhere be found.-Paris Cor. New
York Graphic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09

birds won't tell the secret, and neither
will ], for l don't want the whole regi-
ment to get on to my best trick"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09

Loan Register.
PHIIADKLPHIA, July IS, 1885
Wichita EAGLE, Wichita, Kansas.
6entlemeu:-We have seen one Of yory
Mortgage Loan Registers at the office of tbs
Phiiadelphis Mortgage and Trust Co, thi.
ely, and shall be obliged if you win send th.s
company one similar in ali respects at your
earnest cow enience, and remain
Respectfully yours,
THEODORE FRoTHIyGHAM,
d65ns Secretary.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
The Production of Cocoanu,s.

Cocoanut growers say that each tree in
q grove produces one nut a day, or 365
in one year. Owing to the great height
of the trees it is impossible to pick the
nuts, and they are allowed to hang till
they fall The natives gather them up
and carry them to the husking machines,
where the nuts are stripped of their
thick outside shells. A nut is most de-
licious Just after it has dropped from
the tree
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-09
= FEW NEW TRICKS.

Nllitiaman Schultz paused again, and,
borrowing the reporters lead pencil,
kindly pulled two Reina Victoria cigars
out of the end of it, and presenting one to
the writer, lit the other himself. Then
he pulled yards of tape cut of the sharp
ened end of the pencil and poker deck
out Of the side, and sat down laughing.
by the way" the reporter asked when
the pencil was returned uninjured,
whats new in magic, anyhow"
This" replied the mystic subordinate
of Col Scott There was buZzing sound
in the nlagician's scarf, and the gold
monkey head chartered its teeth and
rolled its diamond eyes at the reporter in
O most remarkable manner
Another new trick continued the
militiaman, lis what is called the mes
merized skull 1t is an imitation skull,
that. when set upon q pane OF ordinary
window glass placed upon the tops of two
ordinary chairs, will move its head about,
following the performers movements,
and will nod or shake for affirmative or
negative answers to any guests, while the
conjurer stands some distance away. 1t
can be examined at any time. To demon
strate that it Is not worked by any string
it can b. covered with an ordinary tra1e-
parent Is, Up shade, and viii still continue
its motions. Still another new mechani-
cal u:ck is the enchanted bird cage 1t
can be passed around in the drawing room
for general inspection, TO prove that it is
empty, but when handkerchief is passed
over IL il Instantly becomes melodious
with the songs of half dozen canaries
The performer hangs it up in the paTlor
anywhere, and lets the birds sing all
through his visit
How is it done"' the reporter asked,
eagerly
''Just as you were" the militiaman
said, with smile, when / made cigar
case of your pencil You couldn't follow
my motions with your eye, and the birds
move iust as quickly What's nnrs- the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
On the Road to Lunacy.

Meeting an old friend, q dru MINER,
coming from one Of the stations, sachel
in hand. yesterday, I asked him where
he was from this time. He looked at
me YEARLY and replied: "Arappy. tap.
tap. arappy. tap, tap" I thought for
a moment that he had gone crazy, but
he slipped his arm through mine and
said: Il can hardly remember where I
have been. I can't think Of any thing
but arappy, tap, tap, arappy. tap, tap.
You see, unfortunately. about year
ago in one of my railroad journeys ]
noticed that the noise made by the
truck in passing over the rails was al
ways like arappy. tap, tap. i had never
noticed it before, and have never
stopped noticing it since. ] have lain
awake in my berth all night thinking
about it.. I believe it will run me
crazy. " He turned off at the next cor
ner, and rs far as I could hear him he
was saying: .Arappy. tap, tap. arappy.
TAP, tap, arappy. tap. tap. - Chicago
Jour.sak s$ SIS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
Couldn't Fool Uncle Peter.

-.sThat Teller in the
telegraph Office up there thought he
was mighty smart but fooled him: =
Policeman-''You did? How?"
ooh, easy enough. You see went
in there yesterday to send message
to St. sLouis, and told him what /
wanted. All right says he; rs
cents" So l paid him the IS cents,
and I'll be darned if he did thing
but rap that old brass clickers of his
fifteen or twenty times and then hang
the message on hook"
sWell, do you call that fooling
him?"
'sYou just hold on and I'll tell you.
To-day I wanted to send another mes
sage to St. Louis, but I'll be gosh
darned if I wanted to pay another IS
cents. So I, went up to the Office
kinder politely, an seq I, Mister.
say l, there's young lady outside as
says she wants to speak to you. I'll
tend office for you while you're gone.
Well, sir, he bit right away. OFF he
went in hurry, and before he got
back had plenty of time to clink his
old brass machine all I wanted and
hang my message on the hook just as
he did the day before. I know they
got it, too, at the other end, for the
minute I got through the old machine
went to clicking like blue blazes, s
much s to say: All right, old man,
we hear YOU Oh. l fooled him good,
I did. Your Uncle Peter lives in Way
back; but he amt no fool, he amt;
not by long chalk; no sir-ee!"-
Souerville Journal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
FROM LIFE 10 DEATH

lie but . moment Il rheumatism or neural
gia strikes the heart. These diseases are
the most painful and the most dangerous
of any to which human kind IS liable.
They fly from one part to another without
= moments warning, and tIniments and
other outward applications are in them
selves dangerous because they are liable to
drive the disease to some vital organ aud
cause instant death. Rheumatism and
neuralgia are diseases Of the blood, and can.
only be reached BY remedy which viii
drive from the blood the dangerous acids.
Such remedy IS Athlophoros. Ithas been
thoroughly tested and is = safe. sure cure.
. George Schneider, employed at.the sash
factory Of Huttig Bros. Manufacturing Co.,
Muscatine, Iowa, says: sAbout year ago
my wife was afflicted with both rheumatism
and neuralgia. She had used numerous
remedies with no apparent relief Having
learned of some Of the cures effected by
Athlophoros / bought some for her. I
think It was four or five bottles she used,
since which time she has been entirely
we'll Of both rheumatism and neuralgia. As
she was very great sufferer I consider
Athlophoros very efficient remedy in
curing such case" 35. 4 <S# s. &.
!. w. G. McClain, clerk for Smith & Bone
steel, Druggists, Atlantic, Iowa, says: II
havetried everything / knewoffor my rheu-
matism, but nothing did me any good until
I used Athlophoros. It was in July, 1884.
was confined to the house for over month,
and was obliged to use crutches. suffered
with this rheumatism for about year.
Finally decided to give Athlophoros a
trial, thinking it would be no better than the
medicines had used. I felt change after I
had used a bottle. continued using it, and
have not had any rheumatism since"
Every druggist should keep Athloph oros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., 112 Wall St., New York, will
send either Carriage paid) on receipt Of
regular price, which is S1.00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and Soc. for Pills.
,,, For liver and Kidney diseases dyspegsia in.
Of women, constipation, headache, impure
blood, &C, Athlophoros Pills are unequaled. II
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
A Queens Privilege.

.'The queen regent of Spain" says
the New York Tribune, lis knocking
the blue laws of Spanish etiquette to
pieces at jolly rate. The other day
She called meeting of the ministry at
the castle of Aranjuez. When the
statesmen reached the gate of the park
they found the queen aud the Princess
Isabel waiting for them. The queen
was in Victoria and the Princess Isa-
bel was in a drag and four. The
queen was driving. She invited Senior
Sagasta to take seat beside her, and
the other ministers were Accommodated
in the drag. On reaching the castle
coffee was brought, and the queen
ordered cigars to be produced as well
and offered to the gentlemen. The
ministers seemed to hesitate. In all
the annals of Spanish history no sub
ject had ever smoked in the presence
of a. queen. The queen regent. how
ever, gave the command, and the
ministers, like dutiful subjects, obeyed.
Gold-sticks and chamberlains have
been ever since in hopeless despon-
dancv." E.- s..s '
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
GERMAN AGRICULTURE.

Tho Small Holdings Into Which AgricuIt-
urai Lands Are Divided In Germany.
In Germany the extent of land do
voted to agriculture amounts Is, 4O5.-
600 acres. This is appprtioned into
holdings Of II acres and less. /, $50, 900.
acres; Of 81 to Is acres. 20. 225. 600; of
Is to $50 acres, 81. 600. 600; Of $50 acres.
and more. $4,000, O00; comprising
meadow land. II, OoO 900; cereal, vine
yard and gardening land. Ga, 600. 900.
viz. cereals and vegetables, 1900. 600;
fodder, 6. OO0. 900; pasture. 8. 100, 900;
gardening. /. O3O. 600; vintage, 1885,
600; rape. $50. 900; fax. no.
600; hemp, 81. 600; hops, H.
600; sugar beet, S37, 900; and chic
DRY. $4,000 acres. The area Of land
occupied BY houses, yards, roads and
highways. and covered By streams.
amounts TO $500, 900 ACRES, and the ex-
tent At pasture. heath and poor land IS
IL, 600, 600 acres. Forests and woods
cover an area Of 81. ! coo. coo acres, dis
stributed IS follows: Decidnous. H.
5OoO. 600 acres. and coniferous, q. OoO.-
600 anres The following i the num-
8bsr Of farm and farm lots into which
the whole 81 the q. oct. 900 acres 81
arable land Is divided: OF u acres
and less, 2, s2s. 316; Il 70 = acres. q
274. O96; 6 to $50 acrss, 65S. al; 80
acres and mora. q. sel. Totsl. $ 976.-
81 Ujsiksd Fses6yte =s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
Miss SAKE ia Her Mothers Gown.

"a writer III tho Kansas City jour
nal relates this anecdOte OF the late.
John G.. Sake and his faYorite daugh-
ter, Sarah. II was the custom Of the
family to spend much of each Summer
at Saratoga. One Summer it was de-
5cided that Sarah should remain at
home in charge OF the younger chill.
sdren instead Of accompanying her
parents, as had been her former GUS
tom. This decision reused the wrath
of the young lady, and awakened all
that latent obstinacy which her father,
claimed for her. In vain she remon-
strated. Her best clothing was put
under lock and key, and her parents
departed. charging her to be q good
girl, and to content herself until heir
return. The season was at its hei ght,
and many persons brilliantly conspic-
nous in literary circles were gathered
under the flashing OF the watering
place chandeliers. Sake held his court
at one end of the saloon that August
evening, and sat conveniently facing
the entrance door, when q servant an
nounced Miss Sake" The poet rails
ed his eye-glass to behold Sarah. q
miss Of is, haughtily sweeping down
the grand parlors, dragging after her
her mothers best Winter gown of vel
vet, and glittering with her mothers
trinkets. 1t was warm work e-d l:a:T7;il;;
.:.es heavy, oppressive finery, but for
three days father and daughter held
their little independent courts at the
famous watering place, each ignoring
the others presence clear case of
"Greek meet Greek" At the end of
that time Sarah was ignominiously
taken home by her father and duly
punished. I. z : Ii.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
The Great Part Which Disposition Play
in Every Mans Career.

The Great Part Which Disposition Plays
in Every Mans Career.
Why did &. never succeed in
trade p asked an American who re-
turned to New 7 ork after many years
absence ID Europe. HE had sufficient
capital, a thorough knowledge OF his
business, and exceptional shrewdness
and sagacity.'' 5= ..@ %f=z
He was sour and morose," was the
reply. '.He always suspected his en-
ployes of cheating him, and was dis
courteous and gruff to his customers.
Hence no man ever put good will or
energy into work done for him, and
his patrons went to shops where they
were sure Of civilty.'' ~
One of the ablest strategists among
American Generals in the civil war
was held back from promotion. be-
cause. as was stated. his doubling, de-
spondent temper discouraged his staff
and his men Hayden. the historical
painter, was. possessed of undoubted
genius, but he lived in misery and died
: BY his own hand. Poor Bent" wrote
one Of his friends, the day after his
death. che had all the good gifts of life
but hope and humility" OF Leigh
Hunt on the contrary, it was said that
rs fast as his talent and kindly. heart
won his friends. his frivolous insin-
cerity drove them away.
A wealthy manufacturer in one of
our Middle States, who had had for
many years control of thousands of
men. said lately: Nothing influences
a mans career in life SD much as his
disposition. He may have capacity,
knowledge, social position OF mon
ey to- back him at the start;
but it is his disposition that viii de-
eide his place in the world at the
end. Show me man who is, accord
ing to popular prejudice, victim to
bad luck, and will show you one who
has some unfortunate, crooked twist of
temperament that invites disaster. He
is ill-tempered, OR conceited, or trihing,
OF lacks enthusiasm"
Disposition may be defined as the I'M
conscious tendency of the whole nature.
Two men may have the same intellect
ual powers, the same religious faith,
honesty, loyalty to their friends, skill
and experience; yet one is cheerful,
healthy in mind, enthusiastic, afec-
tomato; the other morbid, lethargic
and suspicious. One becomes motive
power in the world, the other dead
weight. Temperament is hereditary,
but it is Influenced and sometimes
changed by the home atmosphere in
early childhood. Every mother. knows
that she is responsible for her child's
health, its education and its faith. But
how many remember that their uncon-
scious humors are giving to their chill
dren temperament or tendency for
life?-Touth's Companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

s. "A foreign gentleman who found
our language as difficult to manage As
Our cold weather to endure startled D
friend the other morning BY exclsim-
ing: al, what cold ne had this
morning. I had 70 keep my feet III
the time over the teG,sso,s TO be warm. Z z.
Yes our 1sgisksrs ars very ooa-
venient = replied the friend. s.Ah, Is
that what you call it7 Rsgister. /
knew Il was hols Il Ito wall, 2 said
the strengss. Il apparent in1oesnos a
H hSsd 4